CIO Update for the Week of June 8

The sunshine of the past week has allowed the rivers and creeks to return within their banks. The campuses are starting back up with students. And the projects for IT keep on coming. In looking at the calendar for the week of June 8th, the following items of general interest are worth commenting on:

News

New

The Human Capital Management System Executive Sponsors are meeting this week.

In Process

Registration is now open for the 2015 Chancellor’s Summit on Academic Technology, which will be held in College Station, TX on Thursday, June 25th at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. Register here: Chancellor’s Summit Registration.

The event is free of charge and open to all A&M System faculty and staff. The deadline for registration is Monday, June 22nd, 5pm. Building upon the success of last year’s summit, this event is designed to bring technology professionals and academic leadership across the A&M System to share information and ideas on important academic technology issues that impact the member institutions.

Summit keynote speaker is Dr. Ellen Wagner, Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Predictive Analytics Reporting (PAR) Network. Her talk will be about the new directions in higher education and student success.

Following the Summit sessions, there will be a reception for the summit participants, hosted by Chancellor John Sharp. The plenary sessions will be broadcast live and recorded. By registering for the event, you consent to having your image and/or audio possibly included as part of the broadcast and recording. For questions related to the Summit or if you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact:

Ms. Sheri Pappas, Coordinator of Academic Initiatives, The Texas A&M University System
sheri.pappas@tamus.edu

System-Wide Contracting News

New

OGC has selected WebQA as the new Open Records Management System for TAMUS.

The final demo of an electronic board portal solution is scheduled for Wednesday of this week. If you are interested in attending the demo, please contact me directly.

Six responses to the Maestro RFI were received last week. These responses will be reviewed this week.

In Process

The RFP for a Digital COE is being reviewed by OGC.

TAMUS is finalizing the amendment to engage SolutionsPlus to provide RFP evaluation assistance for the Banner Services RFP.

Repeats

Siteimprove checks web pages, every five days, for spelling, grammar, broken links, and accessibility. The cost is 54 cents per web page per year. Any Members interested in adding this service need to contact me directly.

The System-wide agreement with Cisco WebEx allows Members to purchase licenses for their entire faculty/administrators at the low cost of $1.44/month/license.

Syncplicity licensing is available for all Members.

Projects

New

TAMUS signed a five-year contract with Workday last week.

In Process

The RFP for the Workday system integrator has been finalized and is being reviewed by OGC.

TAMU will be meeting with the component #1 vendor (data center build out) for a third time this week. The evaluation of the second component (compute and storage) and third components (IT services) will commence in June.

Utilities & Energy Services is working with Engineering to serve as the pilot of Cisco EnergyWise.